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Sink or swim : African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks
- Title
- Sink or swim : African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks / Carole Boston Weatherford.
- Author
- Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
- Publication
- Wilmington, N.C. : Coastal Carolina Press, c1999.
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- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Description
- xi, 81 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all Black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge.
- Subjects
- Lifesaving stations > North Carolina > Pea Island > History > Juvenile literature
- African American lifeboat crew members > North Carolina > Pea Island > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Black author
- Etheridge, Richard, 1842-1900 > Juvenile literature
- United States > Life-Saving Service > History > Juvenile literature
- Pea Island (N.C.) > History > Juvenile literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78).
- Call Number
- Sc D 00-1048
- ISBN
- 1928556019
- 1928556035 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 99030125
- OCLC
- 41528305
- Author
- Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
- Title
- Sink or swim : African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks / Carole Boston Weatherford.
- Imprint
- Wilmington, N.C. : Coastal Carolina Press, c1999.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78).
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 00-1048